45. Help kids make their first snowman.

Done. With a carrot nose and everything. Will try to post a photo of the little guy when I get my computer back.

1. Run 3 miles. Updated.

Now going 7 miles on the elliptical. Not bad. More than I thought I could do.

43. Learn about nutrition and change eating habits.

So fascinating! I had no idea how much I didn't know and why it is important to know everything. I really don't understand why we are not teaching kids this stuff in Health class. After taking a 10-week nutrition-based course, I feel like I can finally eat and make good choices. I can see where all the fad diets come from now, too. They seem to take one component of good nutrition and take it to the extreme. The problem is none of those things work without all the other components. It's a lot of work, but I'm getting there. Will probably need to revisit some of the lessons again now I'm getting the hang of it.

41. Put away all my clean laundry.

Done. Doubt I'll be able to accomplish that again for some time, but it is nice to have everything off the floor.

Ramping up for resolutions

Seems like the week before the new year begins is a good time to make a list and check it twice. I'm going to spend some valuable time adding some items and completing others. I'm pretty hopeless at resolutions really, but I like this 101 project. It's interesting.

44. Through diet and exercise, make a measurable difference (blood work, tape measure, and scale) in my health.

Long way to go, but I started a program 10-weeks ago that was designed exactly for this purpose. I've lost several inches, am down on the scale, and have had amazing results in my blood work (down 41 pts on my total cholesterol).

I'm continuing the program for the next 9 months and hope the results will continue as well.

1. Run 3 miles. (Modified.)

Ok, I'm striking this one off my list although, if you are interpreting it literally, I'm sure you will not agree. Here's the thing, I'm not actually running 3 miles. (Although, I really think I might be able to now. Maybe I should try it.)

I'm actually going about 4+ miles on the elliptical at a speed that is way faster than I could ever run. I'm doing this several times a week.

After doing a little research, I'm seeing that this is possibly a far better exercise than running 3 miles (given the potential for injury, the fact that I'm not really a "runner", and the fact that I believe it's true), so I'm calling it done.